Improved raised-lettered signs, show-cards, and the like articles



13mm Gtfljiioe.

THOMAS C JENKS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 91,540, dated June 22, 1869.

IMPROVED RAISED-LETTERED SIG-NS, SHOW-CARDS, AND THE LIKE ARTICLES, FROMPAPIER-MACHE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom 'it may concern ters or figures and frame around said cardor sign raised upon it, said letters or figures and frame being of onepiece with the ground of the sign or card, and

merely raised above the surface.

The letters for signs maybe manufactured with steel dies, moulds, ortools.

To enable" others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwill describe moreparticularly the mode of operation.

I take a flat sheet of the papier-mcche', in its wet state, and by theuse of a mould or die, press up or stamp the frame and raised letters'orfigures upon the sign or card. It is then taken from the mould andsubmitted to any suitable drying process, after which it is dipped inlinseed-oil, as is usual with articles made from this substance.

The sign or card, when dry, will then be ready to receive gilt or anycolor desired.

I cut the flat letters for signs from flat dry sheets of the mache' bydies or stamps, and afterwards dip them in the linseed-oil, and dry foruse, or they may be moulded from the wet macho.

The block letters are moulded or pressed from the papier-anachc' in itswet state, and dried and dipped in the linseed-oil, then again dried,when they are ready for use.-

These letters, eitherfiat or block, are to be secured to wood, glass, orother ground or backing, by screws, nails, hooks, or cement, to suit thematerial of which said ground or backing is composed.

Having thus described my improvements,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, as a newarticle of manufacture, is-

l. The manufacture of either block or flat letters or figures frompapz'er-maehe, substantially as described.

2. The manufacture of a complete sign or shows card, with raised lettersor figures, with or without frame, said letters or figures, frame, andground, being of one'and the same piece, made of papier-mach,substantially as described:

" 3. Stamping a frame aroundthe edge of the papie'rmache show-card, ofone and the same piece with the letters or figures and ground,substantially as described.

THOS. O. JENKS. Witnesses:

GEORGE E. BUGKLEY, W. A. A. MOKINLEY.

